It's our 128th birthday today 🎉💃🥳

We held our first board meeting #OnThisDay in 1896, and we've been campaigning for a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail ever since.

Want to know more? #HumanistHeritage ⬇️

heritage.humanists.uk

MSPs will vote later today on Gillian Mackay MSP #BufferZone bill that seeks to end US-style clinic harassment outside healthcare facilities. As UK Supreme Court confirmed in NI bill case this does not disproportionately impact expression or FoRB rights despite what opponents claim.

It's a wonderful time of year for a #naming ceremony!
Your humanist celebrant will help you create a personalised, non-religious ceremony to celebrate a new addition to your family. 👶

Find a humanist naming celebrant near you using our easy-to-use map 👇
humanists.uk/ceremonies/fin…

In case you missed it (not everyone is up at 7.30 on Sunday), hear me on Radio 4 talking about humanism and the new 'What I Believe' book, containing interviews with dozens of fascinating humanists about their worldviews 👇soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/ni…

Things cannot continue this way.

It's inhumane to force the terminally ill and those enduring incurable suffering to seek compassion overseas.

They deserve the right to die with dignity – at home, surrounded by loved ones, on their own terms

Yesterday's rally was deeply

The idea of dying in a state of relative comfort, surrounded by our loved ones and our most cherished possessions, is something many of us have in mind for the end of our lives.

A humane assisted dying law, with clear safeguards, could make such a reasonable vision a reality

We strongly support the Welsh Government's plan to create a database of children educated outside of school settings. This crucial step will make sire access to safe, appropriate education for all Welsh children.
humanists.uk/2024/04/30/wal…

128 years ago today: the first meeting of the Humanists UK Board, Victorian radicals whose activism changed our country over the many decades to come. I’m thinking today in particular of the first chief executive, suffragette Zona Vallance. Quite a woman to live up to!

Today’s Humanists UK began OTD in 1896 when its first board met, but the philosophy of reason and ethics they resolved to promote already had a rich tradition. Learn more of the history of both organisation and ideas with the Humanist Heritage project 👇🏼 heritage.humanists.uk